Ex-Mo. state trooper in drowning case sues for license

The former trooper was sentenced to misdemeanor negligent operation of a vehicle after the drowning of 20-year-old Brandon Ellingson

By Associated Press

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A former Missouri state trooper who was driving a boat when a handcuffed Iowa man fell out and drowned is suing to get his peace officers' license back.

Anthony Piercy filed a lawsuit this week against the Missouri Department of Public Safety and the agency's director. The Kansas City Star reports he's asking for a reversal of the decision that revoked his license.